AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 209, 14 May 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

QUEENSLAND WHEAT YIELD. . Press Association —Copyright. (Reed. 10.40 a.m) BRISBANE, This Day., The wheat yield for the past sessusi was 1,582,427 bushels, an average 12% bushels to the acre. ADELAIDE STOCK RETURNS'. SOME LARGE DECREASES. ADELAIDE, This Day. Stock returns to the end of Lett, were: Cattle, 300,570, a decrease oi 52,326; horses, 267,877, a decrease vf 15,764; sheep, 4,208,401, a decrease ofi 864,586. The decreases are larg; \y due to drought. THE KING’S LEAD FOLLOWED IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, This Day A paibllc meeting- inaugurated rjp follow the King’s movement, pledged; itself to abstain flrom alcohol dur : ng th,e war, and decided to apprise 5 King of the resolution. SINKING OF A2. NOT CONFIRMED. MELBOURNE, This Day, Senator Pearce stated that he had: received a cable from the Admirahy to the effect that the Turkish report of the sinking of the Australian submarine A2 was not confirmed. _ ,r. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS, — MELBOURNE, This Day. Wheat is quoted at 7/11; flour £l7; oats, white, 5/8J to 5/9; Algerian, 6/7:' maize (Victoria) 6/1; Java 5/6 to 5/7J; bran £lO 5/; pollard £ll 5/:j potatoes £5 5/; onions £5 ; >/ to £t 15/. GERMAN PIRACY. - a 1 REPRISALS SUGGESTED. MELBOURNE, This Day. In the Senate, during a discussion on the Lusitania outrage, several Se nators urged a campaign of reta’iatic,., including the seizure of German property,and stated that several Melbourne blocks were owned by German companies. One in Collins Street beion ed to a company of which the Kaiswas the chief shareholder. Senator Pearce stated that stej - had been taken to control meetings o natives, and their descendants, wl arg natives of enemy countries.